Tag: War in Syria
Rebel-held Syrian town to accept Assad’s rule
AMMAN: A major insurgent-held town in southwestern Syria has accepted the return of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, pro-government media and a war monitor said...
Rebels resume peace talks with Russians after Jordan mediates
AMMAN: Talks between the Syrian opposition and Russian negotiators to reach a ceasefire in a rebel-held town in southwestern Syria have resumed after mediation...
UAE says pauses Hodeidah offensive for UN Yemen peace efforts
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it had halted its military campaign against the Iran-aligned Houthis for control of Yemen’s main port...
Israel will not accept any Syrian refugees on its territory, says...
JERUSALEM: Israel will not allow any Syrian refugees to enter its territory but will continue to provide them with humanitarian aid, Israeli Defence Minister...
Syrian offensive uproots more than 120,000, monitor group says
BEIRUT: A Syrian government offensive in the southwest has uprooted more than 120,000 civilians, driving most of them towards the border with Jordan and...
Syrian army advances in southwest: monitor, state media
BEIRUT: The Syrian army has seized a chunk of territory from rebels in the southwest, Syrian state media and a war monitor said on...
Israeli missiles hit near Damascus Airport: monitor
CAIRO: Syrian state news agency SANA said two Israeli missiles hit in the vicinity of Damascus international airport in the early hours of Tuesday...
US-backed forces announce three-day curfew in Raqqa city
AMMAN: US-backed forces in control of Syria’s Raqqa city imposed a three-day curfew on Sunday and declared a state of emergency saying Islamic State...
Syrian rebels say US tells them it won’t intervene in south...
AMMAN: The United States has told Syrian rebel factions they should not expect military support to help them resist a Russian-backed government offensive to...
UN’s Guterres demands immediate end to military escalation in southwestern Syria
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate end to the military escalation in southwestern Syria, his spokesman said on Friday, after...
Monitor says Syrian army drops barrel bombs in southwest assault
BEIRUT: A war monitor reported Syrian military helicopters dropped barrel bombs on rebel-held areas of the southwest on Friday for the first time in...
US bombs Syrian army position near Tanf: pro-Assad commander
AMMAN: A Syrian army officer was killed in a US strike on a Syrian army outpost near a US base close to the Iraqi-Syrian...
UN fears for 2.5 million in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib as fighting...
GENEVA: An escalation in fighting and air strikes in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province leaves 2.5 million civilians with “no place else to go” within...
Netanyahu warns Assad on Iranian presence in Syria
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was "no longer immune" from retaliation, while declaring the Iran nuclear...
Coalition attacks on Syria’s Raqqa may have broken law, says Amnesty
BEIRUT: Attacks by the US-led coalition against Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa last year may have broken international law by endangering...
Turkey, US agree roadmap to avert crisis in Syria’s Manbij, few...
ANKARA: Turkey and the United States on Monday endorsed a roadmap for the northern Syrian city of Manbij and underlined their mutual commitment to...
Stopped from joining Islamic State fiance in Syria, teen planned London...
LONDON: A London teenager who wanted to attack the British Museum with grenades and firearms after she was prevented from traveling to Syria to...
